Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife,.... As Abraham did, Gen 13:7; when engaged in a quarrel with his neighbour, or in a lawsuit, or in a religious controversy, especially when he finds he…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
This is designed to rectify men's mistakes concerning strife. 1. Men think it is their wisdom to engage in quarrels; whereas it is the greatest folly that can be. He thinks himself a wise man that is…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
cease For the same sense of the English word, refrainor stand aloof from, R.V., comp. Psa 37:8; Isa 1:16.
meddling R.V.; Rather, quarrelling, R.V. See Pro 17:14, note.
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